GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Beach Info http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2009-07-03T14:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2009-06-26T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1245969910301490.xml&coll=8 Researchers found that a thick, greenish substance floating on portions of Lake Michigan between Muskegon and Grand Haven consists only of "natural, organic material." text/html 2009-06-22T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2009/06/22/news/nh1062424.txt Sponsored by Ohio Senator Voinovich, the "Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act" will help local and state entities to better provide bacterial count information on a near real-time basis and to ensure adequate warning for unsafe beach conditions. text/html 2009-06-19T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.wibeaches.us/ Wisconsin Beach Health allows access to information on Great Lakes and inland beaches in Wisconsin, including daily beach advisories. text/html 2009-06-09T08:05:50-04:00 http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/06/the-last-four-miles-friends-of-the-park-unveils-a-new-plan-for-an-entirelyopen-lakefront-.html Chicagoans love to brag about their open, people-friendly lakefront. In reality, 4 of the city's 30 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline are unavailable to the public--cordoned off by an intimidating combination of high-rises, "Private Property" signs and fences topped by razor wire. text/html 2009-06-08T08:05:50-04:00 http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090608/NEWS16/906080315/-1/OPINION02 With schools on summer vacation, families soon will flock to Lake Erie beaches to swim while trying to avoid gut-wrenching encounters with bacteria. text/html 2009-06-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/06/04/updates/breaking_news/doc4a27e67145bd8817262089.txt All Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore beaches are open and safe for swimming according to the National Park Service's weekly beach monitoring report released Thursday morning. Results from samples collected Wednesday indicate that bacteria levels were within water quality standards. text/html 2009-06-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3308_3323-215577--,00.html The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced 14 local agencies were awarded a total of $187,424 in Water Quality Monitoring grants to assist with inland beach water quality monitoring for the 2009 and 2010 swimming seasons. text/html 2009-06-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.post-trib.com/news/1600139,beach0531.article The water in Lake Michigan is barely hitting 60 degrees in Northwest Indiana, but beach season has kicked off. If you feel like a swim, you can now find out whether the beach is closed before you leave home. text/html 2009-05-29T08:05:50-04:00 http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=131179 Created in the 1930s, Montrose Point was built with sand shipped in from Indiana. Now it hosts a harbor, a bird sanctuary, a beach, a dog park and Chicago's only sand dune. text/html 2009-05-29T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2009/05/post_1.html This year, the Department of Environmental Quality is increasing funding for its Great Lakes beach monitoring program by almost $200,000, from $245,719 last summer to $437,986 this season.